Eric Drummond

Eric Drummond (17 August 1876-15 December 1951) was Secretary-General of the League of Nations from 1920 to 1933, preceding Joseph Avenol. He was also a UK Liberal Party politician.

Biography
James Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth was born in Fulford, England in 1876, and he served as private secretary to Prime Minister H.H. Asquith from 1912 to 1915 and then to Foreign Secretaries Edward Grey and Arthur Balfour]. Drummond was a part of the [[British delegation at the Paris Peace Conference from 1918 to 1919, and he served as Secretary-General of the League of Nations from 1920 to 1933, mediating between belligerent nations but being unable to prevent war. Drummond was later appointed British ambassador to Rome, and he left this position when World War II broke out.